Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] [verb] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 2 | I could have brought her Undry so easily , she thought ; but I left it at Ben Hesketh 's … and then told Adam we should take it to Andernesse … |
| 3 | I could have bitten her head off . |
| 4 | It was the only thing she could do to safeguard her sister . |
| 5 | Little as she relished the idea , she supposed she would have to go up there before the light went altogether — see if there was some kind of signal she could make to advertise her presence . |
| 6 | This meant she could continue to level her basilisk stare ( the one which she reserves for special enemies ) at selected MPs . |
| 7 | There was no way she could have turned her back on Suzie : charming , vivacious , affectionate Suzie . |
| 8 | She could have saved her breath , for , clearly not interested in her protest that there was no need , he intimated a place on a column by the door where she should put up her foot — and stood by , waiting none too patiently . |
| 9 | She could have drawn her gun , walked up to them all , and killed them all quickly . |
| 10 | Whether this was Islamic modesty was hard to tell — she could have got her shift stuck in a tree-trunk . |
| 11 | She could have , easily ; she could have forgotten her head after last night ! |
| 12 | A pretty little thing like her , with her picture in the papers — she could have had her pick of men . |
| 13 | She could have had her pick , that one . |
| 14 | ‘ But ye promised it was the last , ’ Winnie said , the drunken Rab ; and she could have pulled her hair and needed a pee but was frightened to leave Rab alone . |
| 15 | She could have told her guest that the midges were like little piranhas of the air ; but she had n't , and now Betty had found out for herself . |
| 16 | His instructions had been so clear , and so often repeated , that Leonora felt she could have found her way blindfolded in the dark . |
| 17 | And the windows on the ground floor at least were too high to reach , otherwise she could have sacrificed her sweater to hang out like a flag of distress . |
| 18 | If she could have admitted her folly at the beginning it would have been all right , but the longer it went on the harder it became . |
| 19 | She could have bitten her tongue off , letting herself be carried away like that . |
| 20 | She could have bitten her tongue . |
| 21 | She could have bitten her tongue the moment the words left her mouth . |
| 22 | She could have bitten her tongue out for asking it . |
| 23 | As soon as the words were out , she could have bitten her tongue , but it was too late . |
| 24 | The ferry closed on its starfire , Jez let its luminous wonder account for the flashes of terrified imminence she could see crowning her reflection in the viewports . |
| 25 | When Julie took on the role as Ruth in The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil , it could have destroyed her confidence in her femininity for ever . |
| 26 | It could have saved her life ! ’ |
| 27 | Was n't there one word of sympathy he could offer to ease her sorrow at having loved and lost him ? |
| 28 | But he doubted if he could have stood her voice for a full evening ; it grated on him when she chatted him up over the counter . |
| 29 | Was there any way he could have traced her call or picked up background noise and was now rushing downtown in a wild attempt to snatch the film from her ? |
| 30 | He could have spanned her waist between his hands and , had they been standing closer , the top of her head would not have reached his shoulder . |